Out-of-Bounds Affecting tiff package, versions <4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-TIFF-405213
- published6 Jan 2017
- disclosed6 Jan 2017
Introduced: 6 Jan 2017
CVE-2016-5652 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 tiff to version 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tiff package and not the tiff package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow exists in the handling of TIFF images in LibTIFF's TIFF2PDF tool. A crafted TIFF document can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow resulting in remote code execution. Vulnerability can be triggered via a saved TIFF file delivered by other means.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-5652
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5652
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5652
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0187/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0225.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93902